Posted by Patrick on February 24, 2001 at 21:14:55:24.161.160.194
In Reply to: Existentialism... posted by Patrick on February 15, 2001 at 22:25:16:
...Ok, so this group of terrorists really want to
make a big hiest and split the country. So they
make their plans about what they want to do. Next
day, they storm a huge prestigious law firm in
San Francisco. They take fifty! That's fifty
lawyers they take hostage. So the police come,
the TV crews show up, and all the press come out.
So they throw a phone in to the terrorists. The
terrorists get on the phone, and say: "IF WE
DON'T IMMEDIATELY GET ONE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS
IN CASH, WE'RE GONNA RELEASE A LAWYER EVERY
THIRTY MINUTES!!"
: ...If a tree falls in a forest, and nobody is
: around to hear it fall. Does that mean it has
: made no sound?
: and...
: ...If I'm by myself in a forest, and no female
is
: within five miles, and I start to argue. Does
: that mean I still lose the arguement